Writing down what I do – in Obsidian

Re:Writing down what I do – in Obsidian by UI_at_80x24 on Wednesday November 09, 2022 @06:57AM (#33530282)

General question for the Obsidian gurus in the audience.

    Is there anyway to use tab-key mid-line?  I do not want to indent the start of my line, and I'd be happy to have tab-character auto-convert to spaces, but I cannot use this tool unless I have a way to tab.

    I seem to use tab to make columns of lists, usually two or three columns worth.  A decent analogy would be like the hosts file, or CRON.  2+ vertically aligned columns of lists.

    I understand that <TAB> doesn't exist in markdown, but vim is able to convert tab-characters to spaces, is there any kind of plugin that allows this functionality?

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Re:Writing down what I do – in Obsidian by axelf4 on Wednesday November 09, 2022 @07:19AM (#33530505)

That just sounds like a table but with extra steps?

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Re:Writing down what I do – in Obsidian by UI_at_80x24 on Wednesday November 09, 2022 @07:36AM (#33530672)

Are you saying that there is functionality called a `table` that I could use to give me similar results?

I don't need/want a fancy grid, I just make multi-columned lists a lot.

Another similar use-case: recipes!

    1cup    flour             extra fine/sifted  
    1tsp    vanilla           extract is fine
    1/4cup  something else    more cooking words

It's not a lot steps, but if there's a table function I could look into without creating a grid, I could probably use that.

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Re:Writing down what I do – in Obsidian by Macha on Wednesday November 09, 2022 @07:59AM (#33530920)

There are plugins like improved tables ( https://github.com/tgrosinger/advanced-tables-obsidian ) which make markdown tables quicker to write up.

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Re:Writing down what I do – in Obsidian by JackMorgan on Wednesday November 09, 2022 @08:01AM (#33530951)

I use a table plugin for both phone and desktop. It's a little finicky on the phone, but doable.

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